Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:07:28 +0000

campbell_hewston [at] ekit.com

I wonder what a "modern" steam engine would look like.
If they kept electronic controls and modern methods.

Think about it
-You could run it on a renewable resource, anything that burns can be
used to heat the boiler. It's external combustion after all so
efficiency of burn could be balanced against cost and impact.
-The energy transfer liquid is water heated to steam. When it is no
longer steam it condenses back to water and could be cycled again or
find another liquid with better transfer properties.